Durham Arts Council Inc

Arts education programs dac's arts center school provided 710 classes for 6,773 youth & adults in visual, performing & literary arts & 10 weeks of youth arts camps. Enrollment increased 66.2% vs. Fy23. The dac creative arts in schools program (caps) provided 151 programs to 25,089 students at 114 sites in durham, orange, granville, chatham and person counties. Caps provides curriculum-based arts residencies, performances & workshops to strengthen academic outcomes. Dac school & caps arts education programs provided 861 contract jobs that paid $367,423 to teaching artists in fy24.

Arts program and facility support services dac manages & programs the historic dac building as a premier venue for artists, arts organizations, & community groups in downtown durham. Dac programs its galleries, theatres, rehearsal spaces, studios & classrooms for the arts community & public 7 days a week. Dac is the 4th most visited facility in downtown durham and has the largest attendance among comparable regional arts centers. Pre-pandemic fy2019, dac building, and events attracted attendance of 413,234; hosted 5,028 events & programs & managed 26,127 hours of facility use. Post pandemic, in fy2024, attendance rebounded to 414,351 with 5,156 events and programs and 29,014 hours of managed facility use.